5.23.11: Yum....toes

(left to right: daphne, fiona, stella)

We have been discouraging the sucking of fingers (especially since binkie degradation) so the girls decided to take up licking their toes...at least while playing. Even though everyone is not actively licking their toes in this picture, you can see several moist digits and corresponding smiling faces.

5.18.11: Riding Rocket

(left to right: stella, daphne, fiona)

I love watching the girls think outside of the box when playing with their toys. Today the girls all decided to ride 'Rocket' together. Did the toy designer intend to have the dog's nose and tail act as additional seats? Probably not, but the girls found a way to adapt this toy to accommodate triplets.

Oh yes, and we are finally done with binkies....well sort of. We have cut off the entire tip and have just one binky base in each bed. Of course, we occasionally catch Stella wearing the base of the binky as a ring and sucking on her finger, but we do still consider the process a success.

5.11.11: Twenty-three months old

(left to right: fiona, daphne, stella)

Almost two...or as the girls would say 'almo two'. I am continually impressed with the amount of talking that the girls do these days. Even riding in a car proves an opportunity for chatter, I can just see the phone bills now :)

The girls each adventured out for 1:1 time with mama, which they loved. They walked around Target like big girls without even holding hands with me. The other two girls went to the park and played with daddy, everyone seemed happy with the arrangement. Especially once they got over asking where their sister was...the empathy is adorable. I can't believe they will be two next month, where did the time go?

5.8.11: Luckiest Mama

left to right: daphne, stella, fiona and their VERY proud mama

To celebrate my second mother's day we went to the botanic gardens; it is truly one of my favorite places. We also went there last year for my first mother's day, so why not make a tradition out of it? Brant and I decided to be crazy and go stroller-free. The girls loved walking at their own pace, adventuring off the usual path and of course touching/smelling EVERY flower in the gardens. I swear I am the luckiest mama in the world. I love you girls!!!

5.6.11: Trikes!

We frequent the children's museum, but today was just a little different. We played in the outdoor area a bit, just enough to get wet...oh, and then...they RODE TRIKES! The girls have never jumped on these mobile creations before but were inspired by their friends. This is why play dates are good for all of us. Of course they didn't use the pedals, but did find forward momentum via their feet. Overall they had a great time and thankfully no lice resulted from the shared helmets - phew.




daphne/green, stella/white, fiona/purple - notice that fiona is distraught over her missing helmet.

5.4.11: Smelling flowers

(top to bottom: daphne, stella, fiona)

The girls LOVE flowers. They love to touch, smell and identify the color of the flowers that we walk by each night. I literally have to pull them away from the flowers and promise that we will find more on our walk or else...well, they get pretty upset. Thankfully we received the needed part for our triplet stroller so the girls were able to enjoy the flowers at the same time today...hence the adorable picture of everyone touching the flowers.

5.1.11: Garden house

(left to right: fiona, daphne and stella)

Today we adventured to the botanic gardens. The girls are finally old enough to enjoy the features of the children's garden (safely). They got soaking wet and loved every minute of it. If not for the adorable garden mini-house I'm not sure if they would have even stopped to eat some lunch.

4.24.11: Three little bunnies

Our easter began with some practice bobsledding. What else do you do with a giant diaper box from amazon? Daphne/pink, Stella/gray, Fiona/white helped us to breakdown the box on our way to the children's museum for our easter extravaganza. (we thought you'd like this picture rob)


The girls made their own easter baskets. Okay, realistically they picked out the colors while Brant and I got to work weaving.


Thankfully everyone got one egg from the egg hunt, here they are showing their acquisitions. Next up was crafting some bunny ears. It was a little crowded so the girls just supervised while Brant and I made each girl a set of bunny ears.


...and what easter would be complete without wearing bunny ears for dinner?

4.22.11: Decorating for Daddy

We spent the last couple of days preparing for Brant's birthday. I tried to convince the girls to finger paint, but they really don't like the sensation of the paint on their hands. My solution.....cut a sponge into strips therefore making a pseudo-paintbrush. Once we had clean hands, we were well on our way to decorating paper balloons for daddy's birthday.


(left to right: fiona, daphne, stella)

What is a birthday without a cake? The girls each picked a different icing color (although blue and green look the same on this cake) and got to work decorating. I wrote their names next to their 'art' so Brant would know the contribution that each of them made. Overall I think it turned out quite lovely.

4.14.11: Flying wheel

Today was a very sad day for our beloved triple tandem stroller. A stroller we use everyday on our ~3 mile walk. What began as a normal walk quickly escalated into a new adventure. Just two blocks from home the stroller wheel started to wobble. We know this wobble well. This is the wobble that Brant has successfully repaired several times before but it demands immediate action. I knew we had to head back home and tackle our walk with the double stroller + backpack. I called Brant to warn him, he was on his way home.

Just one block from home, life got interesting. One of the rear wheels broke off and went flying sideways into traffic on the street and well...as you can expect...when one side of a triangle is removed, the other sides collapse. So as anticipated, the stroller nearly toppled on its side. Using my super human 'my kids are not flying into the street like that tire' strength, I was able to catch the stroller before the girls' heads hit the ground. A few hands brushing the street and definitely some scared cries, but no injuries. For this I was very thankful.

So now, what to do? I couldn't hold up the stroller for long and I couldn't push it home. So the girls and I had a little talk and decided that we would abandon the stroller and walk home all holding hands together. This 'holding hands' idea is not something we do easily or often, but it has been done occasionally. So knowing that Brant would see the stroller on the street and bring in home (in less than ten minutes) we did it. We all held hands and made it back home. I figured no one would dare steal our stroller, not only because it was broken, but also because we (incl. our stroller) are pretty well known around the neighborhood. I suppose being a spectacle does have its benefits. So now we wait. We wait several weeks to get a new tire and most importantly giant custom bolt (since that is what really broke) to repair our stroller. In the meantime, Brant and I will be getting an even better workout each night as we carry one child and push two others.